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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Margo and Q take to Karin?

2. Who is Q's date to the prom?

3. What is one of Q's last memories of Margo?

4. What does Margo do to a Lexus?

5. Into what does Q say Margo turns herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who goes to see Ruthie and what does she let them do?

2. What do Margo and Q do at the SunTrust Building?

3. How does Margo offer to reward Q and what is his response?

4. What does the prologue say about miracles?

5. What is the parting scene like between Margo and Q at the end of the night?

6. What does Lacey want when she approaches Q at school?

7. What does Margo do to wreck vengeance on Jase?

8. What happens when Q, Radar and Ben approach an abandoned building in their search for Margo?

9. Describe Ben Starlling and his relationship to Q.

10. Who visits Q near midnight one night and what does she want?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Paper Towns.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Paper Towns. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Paper Towns. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Quentin is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Quentin demonstrates his intelligence and his morals. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Quentin's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Quentin 's admirable traits makes him do what he does about finding Margo. Have his flaws impacted his life? How do his flaws influence his handling of the Margo mystery?

Essay Topic 3

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Paper Towns? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Paper Towns including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Paper Towns and your own live to support your opinion.

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